diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ce1cf57fa2d5040fff2d49d3198ecf2cdd031f2f..ada015233a5050188f244e268eef64a68ef75f81 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ windows:
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     - md -force build
     - cd build
-    - cmake .. -DBUILD_VF_CPU=OFF -DBUILD_VF_GPU=ON -DBUILD_VF_UNIT_TESTS=ON -G "$env:$CMAKE_GENERATOR" ..
-    - MSBuild.exe VirtualFluids.sln /property:Configuration=$env:$BUILD_CONFIGURATION /verbosity:minimal /maxcpucount:4
+    - cmake .. -DBUILD_VF_CPU=OFF -DBUILD_VF_GPU=ON -DBUILD_VF_UNIT_TESTS=ON -G "$env:CMAKE_GENERATOR" ..
+    - MSBuild.exe VirtualFluids.sln /property:Configuration=$env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION /verbosity:minimal /maxcpucount:4
     - echo $env:CMAKE_GENERATOR"
     - .\bin\"$env:BUILD_CONFIGURATION"\basicsTests.exe